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Acts 13:21
So after that, they desired a King, and God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of ye tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourty yeres.
Acts 13:21 · Geneva Bible
Acts 13:21 in other translations
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
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In context
18 And about the time of fourtie yeeres, suffered he their maners in the wildernesse.
19 And he destroied seuen nations in the land of Chanaan, and deuided their lad to them by lot.
20 Then afterward he gaue vnto them Iudges about foure hundreth and fiftie yeeres, vnto the time of Samuel the Prophet.
21 So after that, they desired a King, and God gaue vnto them Saul, the sonne of Cis, a man of ye tribe of Beniamin, by the space of fourty yeres.
22 And after he had taken him away, he raised vp Dauid to be their King, of whom he witnessed, saying, I haue found Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after mine owne heart, which will doe all things that I will.
23 Of this mans seede hath God according to his promise raised vp to Israel, ye Sauiour Iesus:
24 When Iohn had first preached before his coming the baptisme of repentance to all the people of Israel.
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